#food and energy

Collection of food and energy news, found 528 news.

President calls for central govt-regions synergy to fight poverty

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked regional governments to make programs to cut the poverty rate in their ...

ASEAN plus three to intensify food security cooperation

Rice is an important factor in achieving food security in the Southeast Asian region as around two-thirds of world ...

Indonesia calls for UN reform

Indonesia expressed hope the United Nations could strengthen its central role of promoting cooperation among countries ...

Illegal logging to be discussed in climate change confab

Various issues related to illegal logging activities and forest monitoring will be discussed in the "Conference on the ...

Rice fields need better infrastructures

Indonesia needs to develop its dams and irrigation to overcome desolation during droughts so that the country`s 7.5 ...

CIFOR invites president to open climate change confab

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has invited President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to open and ...

RI has chance to become food producing country: President

The natural resources and technical abilities as well as research facilities which actually could be optimized further ...

News Focus: more budget expected to remove development bottlenecks

Increased budget on infrastructure is expected to be absorbed effectively to remove the bottlenecks in the ...

Capital expenditure for infrastructure must be used effectively

Economic observer Enny Sri Hartati of Indef said capital expenditure on infrastructures amounting to Rp168.1 ...

President promises increased infrastructure spending

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has promised to increase expenditure budget on infrastructure projects as one of ...

President Yudhoyono optimistic will anticipate impacts of global crisis

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when delivering his annual state address here on Tuesday expressed optimism that ...

ASEAN needs to develop crisis defense mechanism: Boediono

Indonesia`s Vice President Boediono said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to develop defense ...

Govt To Ensure Pleasant Lebaran Journeys

Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi has signaled that Lebaran holiday travelers this year would make their annual ...

ASEAN Plus Three to cooperate to ensure food, energy security

ASEAN`s 10 member countries along with their Plus Three partners - China, South Korea and Japan -have agreed to ...

Solo meeting prelude to Rio +20 confab

The summit on sustainable development (HLD IFSD), otherwise also known as the "Solo Meeting," is being held in ...